An Interesting Find: Majority of Dopers Busted by USADA Are Masters

There are a lot of people juicing among the general public these days. But also USADA tries to cover up any positive tests from pro athletes. See Erriyon Knighton as an example.

That guy a little faster than me really is doping!

As someone that competes in masters competitions, I have my suspicion on some athletes that perform way above expectations. However, the OP didn't elaborate on what the actual banned substances were that that all of the above were banned for. Masters athletes are more likely to be given prescriptions for basic health reasons than younger athletes. Some of these prescriptions could be benign, but also banned.

Those who are doping at elite sport are microdosing and they are being checked by their coaching team to minimise the chance of being popped.

master athletes are basing rolling the dice they are not being tested or it’s out of their system if tested.

there are also reasons for governing bodies wanting to let certain elite slide in the USA, as it’s not good for the sport so they “take an injury” from worlds or Olympics

i wouldn’t read too much of master busts

Elites serve silent suspensions and talk about their "injury" on IG.

USADA just follows in USATF's footsteps. To no one's surprise.

Our last stars were all caught by the AIU (Coleman, Rollins, Coleman), on our soil. USADA? See Knighton as you said (banned finally only because both AIU/WA and WADA appealed), and Wilson who was even let off without ever making it to a tribunal or arbitrator. This stupid self-policing must stop.

its probably easier to catch them. As the difference in levels of substance is probably larger.

I've been a runner with 50 years experience. I no longer compete, but my contemporaries who still compete almost to a man are involved with HRT. It's all done with doctors prescription, but the reason they use is not for ED- they are all afraid someone else has an advantage.

Masters running is not that important, but some Masters it is their identity. The problem is once you start using HRT your body doesn't starting making hormones naturally.

Elaborating on this post, did the OP consider that masters athletes might have more physical and health problems than your normal runner, and not necessarily thinking about the banned substances list or getting a TUE done? Or not be obsessing about the rules like a pro coach or runner would.

i mean, use your common sense, if it skews older, odds are they aren't cheating to win freaking masters, odds are they, say, have some health issue and take a beta blocker. and don't check the list.

i mean, you read all the time on pros like, don't eat this or that, you risk a bad test. joe amateur isn't thinking i eat that poppy seed bagel i risk a drug test result.

nor is joe masters runner thinking, oh, one or more of that list of pills they take every morning counts as performance enhancing, or might be ok but only with a doctor-certified TUE.

Shelby Houlihan and Randolph Ross were also caught by AIU and not USADA.

There are about 11 million people in the US with testosterone prescriptions, most of whom are likely men over 35. There are about 80 million men in that category. If you subtract 1 million to account for those under 35 and females who are transitioning, that is about 1 in 8. Surprised there aren’t more positives.

Shacarri excuse was Marijuana and got a less severe punishment of one Olympics missed. Anyone close knows she's on the peddies.

Interesting. I don't doubt that you have masters taking stuff specifically for performance advantages but I think a lot of them are getting stuff from doctors for legitimate medical reasons and neither they nor the doctors know the drug is banned. I did not know Furosemide is banned. It's a pretty commonly prescribed drug for older people. On top of that, masters athletes don't usually have agents, coaches, shoe companies, and the like advising them on what's legal and isn't and how to micro dose.

Baloney. The only reason more masters are positive is that they don’t have access to all the masking chems that sponsored athletes do…

It also shows that athletes will dope simply to beat the next guy. They don't have to be top level pros to want that.

So in conclusion: all pros are clean and most masters and some kids are dirty

Read it again.